Aatish: Feel the Fire

The last hit of Sanjay Dutt's purple patch. Between Thanedaar in 1990 and Aatish in 1994 Dutt was by far the biggest star in the country. He had monster hits like Thanedaar, Saajan, Sadak and Khalnayak. Then there were decent hits like Gumrah and Aatish. Even a few of his mediocre movies at the time made decent profits for the producers, films like Fateh, Adharm and Zamane Se Kya Darna. It is no coincidence that Dutt's time in prison marked the rise of future stars like Aamir, Shah Rukh, Salman, Ajay and Akshay. Dutt returned with many memorable films like Vaastav, Mission Kashmir, Kaante, Munna Bhai etc but could never reclaim the No.1 spot again. In that sense Aatish remains a significant film.

Remake of Ying xiong ben se (1967)